2021-05-18 12:21:48 +00:00
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title: Intel D945GCLF desktop board
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If you just want flashing instructions, go to
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[../install/d945gclf.md](../install/d945gclf.md)
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2021-12-08 06:59:01 +00:00
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D945GCLF2D also reported working by a user.
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2021-05-18 12:21:48 +00:00
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Introduction
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This board is a mini-itx desktop board for 2008. It uses an atom 230,
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which is a singe core CPU but it is hyperthreaded so it appears to have
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2 thread to the OS. The flash chip is very small, 512KiB, so grub2 does
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not fit, which is why libreboot has to use seabios on this target. Full
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disk encryption like on other supported targets will not be possible, so
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plan accordingly.
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This board has a 945gc chipset which is the desktop equivalent of 945gm
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which can be found in the Lenovo x60/t60 or macbook2,1. This chipset
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features an ICH7 southbridge. It has 1 DIMM slot that can accommodate up
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to 2G of DDR2 RAM.
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Connectivity-wise it has 1 PCI slot, a 10/100 ethernet port, 4 usb slot
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and 4 usb ports, with one internal header and 2 SATA ports.
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The D945GCLF2 is an upgraded version of this board. The differences are:
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1 more USB header, 10/100/1000 ethernet and a dual core cpu (also
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hyperthreaded). Since the board is almost identical (and coreboot code
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seem to indicate that it works, since MAX\_CPU=4 is set), it is believed
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that it should also work but this is untested.
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Remarks about vendor bios:
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- Without coreboot/libreboot this board is utery useless, since the
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vendor bios is very bad. It cannot boot from any HDD whether it is
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connected to the SATA port or USB. With libreboot it works just
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fine.
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- The vendor bios write protects the flash so it requires external
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flashing to install libreboot on this device. Once libreboot is
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flashed there is no problem to update the firmware internally
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Here is an image of the board:\
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\
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Here is an image of the D945GCLF2 board:\
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{width="80%" height="80%"}\
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And SPI SOIC8 flash chip\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}
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How to replace thermal paste and fan
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This board comes with very crappy disposable loud fan, that one has no
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bearings, which can not be repaired or oiled properly, do not waste your
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time trying to fix it, just buy one chinese same size fan\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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Make sure that new one has same wiring\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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This is a new one, with bearing and maintenable\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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Now remove the both coolers rotating them a bit, slowly, then clean both
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silicons and both coolers (removing cmos battery first is recommended)\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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Put a little bit of non conductive thermal paste on both silicons (only
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cpu silicon iis shown on that image)\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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Before assembling new fan, some need new longer screws, make sure having
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these (on the left is original one, too short for new fan)\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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After that, assemble your new fan into CPU cooler\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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Finally assemle both coolers on both chips, do not forget put in the CPU
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fan connector back, and you are done.
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